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A list like this one and the metro systems that appear in it may always remain somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is may vary according to whom you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains allow metros to include sections in streets or shared with heavy rail. In other cases, metros have gradually evolved from former tram or rail lines, so it is sometimes difficult to tell the actual length or date of inauguration of the metro system.

Stations* with an asterisk counts each interchange station as one. Passenger numbers are annual. Ticket prices are for 10 km or 10 stops Price of a single ticket for the public transport network (bus, streetcar or metro) for a journey of approx. 10 km/6 miles or at least 10 stops (2009). Only one logo per city is displayed.



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1 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
2 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
3 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000yes
4 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
5 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
6 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
7 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000right
8 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
9 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
10 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000right
11 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000rightyes
12 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000rightline 1B
13 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
14 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000left
15 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000rightyes
16 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000right
17 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000leftyesyes
18 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000rightyesyes
19 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
20 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
21 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000rightyes
22 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0left
23 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
24 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000right
25 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
26 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000leftyes
27 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000yes
29 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000rightyes
30 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000rightyesyes
31 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
32 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,000right
33 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000right
34 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
35 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
36 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000leftyesyes
37 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000leftyes
38 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000right
39 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000right
40 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
41 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000leftyes
42 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
43 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000left
44 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000rightyes
45 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000left
46 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000leftyes
47 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
48 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
49 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000rightyesyes
50 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
51 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000right
52 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
53 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000leftTozai lineyes
54 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000rightyes
55 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
57 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000right
58 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
59 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000rightyes
60 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000leftyes
61 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
62 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
63 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000rightyes
64 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
65 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0right
66 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000rightyes
67 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000right
68 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000right
69 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0left
70 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000left
71 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
72 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
73 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000right
74 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000leftyesyes
75 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
76 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000rightyes
77 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
78 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
79 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000rightyes
80 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
81 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000right
82 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000rightyes
83 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
84 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
85 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
86 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
87 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
88 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000rightyes
89 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
90 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000rightyes
91 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000rightyes
92 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000rightyes
93 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000right
94 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
95 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000yesyes
96 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0right
97 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000right
98 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
99 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
100 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000right
101 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
102 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000right
103 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
104 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000rightyes
105 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
106 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000rightyes
107 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
108 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
109 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
110 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
111 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000rightyesyes
112 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
113 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
114 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
115 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
116 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000leftyes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
118 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000left5 stns
119 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000rightplatform gate doorsyes
120 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
121 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
122 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000rightyes
123 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000MRT
124 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000right
125 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
126 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
127 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000right
128 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
129 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000right
131 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
132 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
133 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000right
134 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
135 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000right
136 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
137 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
138 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000right
139 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
140 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
141 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
142 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
143 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000left
144 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0right
145 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
146 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000rightyesyes
147 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000right
148 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
149 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000right
150 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
151 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
152 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
153 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
154 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
155 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
156 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
157 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
158 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
159 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
160 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000rightVALyes1993VALyes
161 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
162 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
163 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
164 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000rightmetro line1997
165 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
166 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
167 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
168 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000rightVALyes2002VALyes
169 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
170 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
171 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
172 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
173 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
174 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
175 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
176 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 1/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 10/2009. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 1/2010.




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